One of the sick horses that was being cared for at a barn in Shiocton, and one of two that died from a disease called strangles. The remaining horses have been returned their caretaker.

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B.C. Kowalski
Stevens Point Journal Media

The six horses left from a herd of quarantined horses at a farm in Shiocton have been returned to their caretaker and the situation has prompted the formation of a group calling for better animal-abuse laws, the owner of the farm said Friday.

Kelly Radtke, owner of the Shiocton farm where the horses were being cared for, said the horses were returned to caretaker Juslain LuMaye in late February.

Radtke agreed in January to house a number of horses from a ranch in the Rosholt area after the horses' caretaker, LuMaye, was evicted from the land on which she had kept the animals. ...